کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5049362 | 1476361 | 2015 | 15 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- Payments for ecosystem services require incentives to match plural perspectives.
- Incentive schemes should align with capabilities as to improve human well-being.
- Social multi-criteria is used to rank management options to reflect complexities.
- Even if an option technically outranks another, it might not be socially acceptable.
- Middle-ranked options may be more desirable when competing interests are at stake.
'Payments for ecosystem services' (PES) is rapidly becoming a popular governance intervention within natural resource management to align land-use stewardship to conserve critical ecosystem services while simultaneously improving human well-being through the provision of incentives. This paper introduces two novel components for refining the legitimacy of PES in water resource management. Firstly, we broaden consideration of human well-being in PES beyond income effects by considering justice as the freedom or capability to 'do and be' whatever is desired. Secondly, this paper applies social multi-criteria evaluation as a decision-support framework to determine the acceptability and payment vehicle of PES within a set of alternative policy considerations for a complex ecosystem management decision. Through both technical and social evaluations of different management options against a set of criteria, we highlight the legitimacy that different PES designs may have for improving water quality and capabilities for well-being.
Journal: Ecological Economics - Volume 118, October 2015, Pages 99-113